diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMapping.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMapping.php
index 659b15fcbb7..68d64bedbf2 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMapping.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMapping.php
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ final class JoinTableMapping implements ArrayAccess
     /** @var list<JoinColumnMapping> */
     public array $inverseJoinColumns = [];
 
+    /** @var array<string, mixed> */
+    public array $options = [];
+
     public string|null $schema = null;
 
     public string|null $name = null;
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ public static function fromMappingArray(array $mappingArray): self
     {
         $mapping = new self();
 
-        foreach (['name', 'quoted', 'schema'] as $key) {
+        foreach (['name', 'quoted', 'schema', 'options'] as $key) {
             if (isset($mappingArray[$key])) {
                 $mapping[$key] = $mappingArray[$key];
             }
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ public function __sleep(): array
     {
         $serialized = [];
 
-        foreach (['joinColumns', 'inverseJoinColumns', 'name', 'schema'] as $stringOrArrayKey) {
+        foreach (['joinColumns', 'inverseJoinColumns', 'name', 'schema', 'options'] as $stringOrArrayKey) {
             if ($this->$stringOrArrayKey !== null) {
                 $serialized[] = $stringOrArrayKey;
             }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php
index c805e3df1ac..143f63ccbd6 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaTool.php
@@ -563,10 +563,8 @@ private function gatherRelationsSql(
                     $this->quoteStrategy->getJoinTableName($mapping, $foreignClass, $this->platform),
                 );
 
-                if (isset($joinTable['options'])) {
-                    foreach ($joinTable['options'] as $key => $val) {
-                        $theJoinTable->addOption($key, $val);
-                    }
+                foreach ($joinTable->options as $key => $val) {
+                    $theJoinTable->addOption($key, $val);
                 }
 
                 $primaryKeyColumns = [];
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMappingTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMappingTest.php
index 846605cf9fd..c3c16d7c447 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMappingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/JoinTableMappingTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public function testItSurvivesSerialization(): void
         $mapping->inverseJoinColumns = [new JoinColumnMapping('id')];
         $mapping->schema             = 'foo';
         $mapping->name               = 'bar';
+        $mapping->options            = ['foo' => 'bar'];
 
         $resurrectedMapping = unserialize(serialize($mapping));
         assert($resurrectedMapping instanceof JoinTableMapping);
@@ -32,5 +33,6 @@ public function testItSurvivesSerialization(): void
         self::assertCount(1, $resurrectedMapping->inverseJoinColumns);
         self::assertSame('foo', $resurrectedMapping->schema);
         self::assertSame('bar', $resurrectedMapping->name);
+        self::assertSame(['foo' => 'bar'], $resurrectedMapping->options);
     }
 }